Today's Sports

LEOPOLD—Shorthanded Perry Central still won five events but finished second in a girls triangular track meet Thursday.
Northeast Dubois won with 93 points. Perry Central scored 57.5 and Springs Valley 12.5. Cannelton had one girl competing and did not score.
Perry Central was without Lindsey Gengelbach, Grace James, Megan Thomas, Susan Schwartz and Jessica Foster, who were at an academic team competition.
Still they had some good performances, particularly in distance races.

FORT BRANCH—Gibson Southern scored seven runs on two homers in the fourth inning and beat Tell City 10-0 in PAC baseball Saturday.
Despite the lopsided score, the Titans outhit Tell City only 8-5.
“We were in the game, but were unable get any hits strung together,” said Tell City Coach Mark Wahl.

TELL CITY—Stori Beard and Kira Maddle each drove in three runs as Tell City beat Cannelton 11-4 in girls softball Tuesday.
Tell City scored five runs in the first inning with the help of five walks. Beard hit a two-run double to deep left field after two of the walks.

CANNELTON—Colt Brown drove in six runs as Perry Central topped Cannelton 19-0 in baseball Monday.
Brown went 3 for 3 plus a walk with two doubles and a single.
Derek Thomas went 4 for 4 plus a sacrifice fly as he scored four runs and drove in two.
Every Commodore starter had at least one hit except their eighth batter, and in that spot reserve Austin Linne got a hit.
The Commodores took control early with a five-run first inning.

TELL CITY—Darian Allen won the 3200-meter run to lead Tell City to second place in its own seven-team boys track invitational Saturday.
Perry Central won three events but had some athletes missing due to injuries and an ACT test and finished third.
Elijah Littles scored 12 points, including winning the long jump, for Cannelton.

WHITESVILLE, Ky.—Whitesville Trinity had 15 hits and scored in every inning to beat Cannelton 14-1 in girls softball Wednesday.
Cannelton had eight hits but could not put them together to score until the fifth inning.
Mikah Hemmings went 3 for 3 to lead the Bulldogs. Taylor Lawalin and Allicyn Garrett each added two hits.
Sammie James pitched a complete game for Cannelton to take the loss. She walked one and struck out four.

DUBOIS—Northeast Dubois pounded out 16 hits, including a home run and two doubles, to beat Tell City 15-5 in girls softball Thursday.
Tell City also contributed to the Jeeps’ offense by committing five errors.
“They hit the ball well,” said Tell City Coach John Hayes. “But we just didn’t help our pitchers at all.”
Tell City took a 5-4 lead with five runs in the top of the second inning. Hana Reed and McKenzie Hayes each hit a two-run double that inning and Kira Maddle drove in the other run with an infield hit.

LEOPOLD—Charlestown scored the winning run on a single to right field in the ninth inning to nip Perry Central 4-3 in girls softball Friday.
Perry Central trailed much of the game but tied the score 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh as Heather Hendricks scored on a wild pitch.
The Commodores threatened again in the bottom of the ninth, putting runners on second and third base. But a ground out, a strikeout and a pick-off ended that threat.

ORLEANS—Jarrett Jones drove in six runs as Orleans defeated Cannelton 14-2 in baseball Wednesday.
Jones hit a single, double and triple to lead Orleans’ 15-hit attack.
Cannelton had seven hits, with Larry Holman going 3 for 3 and Drake Duke 2 for 3.
Holman and Marvin Walls each drove in a run for the Bulldogs.
Duke pitched the first three innings for Cannelton to take the loss. He gave up 12 hits and two walks and struck out four.

LEOPOLD—Crawford County had three singles in the third inning to score the game’s only run in a 1-0 PLAC baseball victory over Perry Central Thursday.
Perry Central had five hits, including a double by Hunter LaGrange. But the Commodores could not put their hits together, as they left seven runners on base.
“We’re not giving our pitchers any runs to work with right now,” said Perry Central Coach Phil Zellers.
Tanner Cassidy pitched a complete game for Perry Central, giving up seven singles and no walks and striking out six.